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Every year, companies pour millions of dollars into artificial intelligence technology for their supply chains. The overwhelming majority of that investment targets one thing: route optimization. Shave a mile here, save a minute there, and…
For years, supply chain conversations around last mile delivery have focused on routing optimization, carrier capacity, and delivery speed. These factors remain important, but as retailers and logistics providers continue compressing fulfillment windows, attention is…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has published its long awaited Strait of Hormuz evacuation plan, and the response from commercial shipping has been immediate. After weeks of consultation with Iranian and Omani authorities, the IMO…
When people talk about artificial intelligence, the conversation almost always centers on the technology itself. Better GPUs, larger models, more training data, breakthrough algorithms, and top AI talent dominate headlines and venture capital pitches. But…
The landscape of US customs enforcement has shifted dramatically. With the president’s executive order Strengthening Customs Enforcement now in effect, the Department of Homeland Security has been directed to revise importer obligations, increase penalties, and…
For years, Vietnam was described as the backup plan. A secondary option for manufacturers who wanted one foot outside China but never quite committed to leaving. That description no longer fits. Vietnam is no longer…
Ask anyone running a small or midsize freight forwarding operation what their biggest bottleneck is, and the answer will rarely be capacity or pricing. It is data. Every day, a handful of people manage an…
On 17 June 2026, logistics operators across multiple continents found themselves staring at login error screens instead of shipment data. CargoWise, the flagship platform of WiseTech Global, had gone dark. The cause, according to WiseTech,…
There is an assumption taking hold across supply chain media. It goes something like this: deploy robotics in the warehouse, layer on analytics dashboards, sprinkle in some agentic AI, and the future of logistics will…